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Case 4-1 Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals: Realizing Multiple Benefits through
Improved Quality¹7
Mark Trudeau is the CEO of Mallinckrodt, a global spe-
cialy pharmaceutical business, established in 1840, that
develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes specialty
pharmaceutical products and medical imaging agents.
They have approximately 5,500 employees worldwide and
commercial presence in roughly 70 countries. The com-
pany's fiscal revenue in 2013 totaled $2.2 billion.
Continuous improvement is an important part of
Mallinckrodt's overall development strategy. In order
to select suitable improvement projects that will have a
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